Where does “pendel” come from?
pendel (German) comes from Medieval Latin pendulum, from Latin pendulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pendel (German): inflection of pendeln:
## first-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of pendeln:
## first-person singular...
Ancestry of “pendel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | pendulum | nominative neuter singular of pendulus;... |
| 2 | Latin | pendulus | hanging, hanging down, pendent, suspended;... |
| 3 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |